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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book III, Chapter 10-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Aristotle think calmness was felt towards?
(a) Those who a person did not feel injustice against.
(b) Those who a person understood.
(c) Those who a person did not feel sympathy for.
(d) Those who a person felt sorry for.

2. Why did Aristotle say that amplification and depreciation were not forms of enthymemes?
(a) They were not familiar arguments.
(b) They were familiar arguments.
(c) They were not comprehensible arguments.
(d) They were not logical arguments.

3. What did Aristotle think was wrong with the metaphor that compared a man with a square?
(a) He thought it was confusing.
(b) He thought it was too simple.
(c) He thought it was boring.
(d) He thought it was too complex.

4. What did Aristotle think was irrelevant to the feeling of indignation?
(a) Outrage.
(b) Unearned fortune.
(c) Social status.
(d) Anger.

5. According to Aristotle, how could a person defend their position in the future when they discovered the truth of a question?
(a) Less precisely.
(b) Less forcefully.
(c) More forcefully.
(d) More precisely.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which one of the following was not included by Aristotle as a cause for the feeling of calmness?

2. Which view did Aristotle think people in their prime had of money?

3. Which of the following did Aristotle think were more likely to commit crimes?

4. What did Aristotle think was not sought by a person displaying kindness?

5. Which of the following examples best demonstrates Aristotle's theory of possibility in Book II, Chapter 19?

(see the answer key)

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